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The Chinese word can - 餐 - cān
(meal in Chinese)



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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

cān

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English translations

meal,
food

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Chinese characters  ( can / cān ) with pronunciation (English translation: meal )
The traditional Chinese characters of cān are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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is composed of 16 strokes and therefore is of high complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

restaurant  |  napkin
餐 ( can / cān ) belongs to the 3000 most common Chinese characters (rank 1290)
Chinese example words containing the character 餐 ( can / cān )
餐巾 ( cānjīn = napkin ), 餐巾纸 ( cānjīnzhĭ = paper napkin ), 餐具 ( cānjù = tableware ), 餐厅 ( cāntīng = restaurant ), 餐椅 ( cānyĭ = dining chair ), 快餐 ( kuàicān = quick lunch ), 晚餐 ( wăncān = dinner ), 午餐 ( wŭcān = lunch ), 早餐 ( zăocān = breakfast ), 自助餐 ( zìzhùcān = buffet )
Other characters that are pronounced cān in Chinese
More words that mean meal in Chinese
fàn ( 饭 )

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